(ABC News) — A dozen Alabama inmates cooked up a plot to hoodwink a new employee at the Walker County Jail, using peanut butter to trick the staffer into opening an alternate door over the weekend, Walker County Sheriff James Underwood said at a news conference Monday afternoon. 344 more words

SANTA ANA, Calif. – In an age when everything else is captured for public consumption on a smartphone, why not your own jailbreak?

Inmates who broke out of the maximum-security wing of a Southern California jail last year did just that with a smuggled cellphone and through an attorney released it to the public Wednesday, complete with glossy voiceover from one of the convicts. 598 more words

DURANGO, Colo. (KOB) – The La Plata County jail experienced a first this week — a successful break-in. The offender is still on the run, described to have brown fur, four paws and weighing more than 250 pounds. 365 more words